Beauty
A flower’s beauty /
is built on moments of work. /
Kindness upon toil.
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Tag Archives: June
Monday morning writing joke: “War writer”
There once was a writer of wars /
Who saw peace as a series of chores. /
When people put their arms away /
He had nothing to say, /
And at parties he was just one of the boors.
Filed under 2021, Monday morning writing joke
Haiku and photo: “Deadheads”
Deadheads
I deadhead lilies, /
snapping old petals so new /
flowers don’t suffer.
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Haiku and photo: “Berry with me”
Berry with me
Green as the spring born. /
Round as the full summer moon. /
Ripen berry soon.
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Photo finish Friday: “Today we cry”
Today we cry
Today we cry, for /
Tomorrow we smile when clouds /
float our scars away.
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Poem and illustration: “Tilt”
Tilt
Do you run like Mercury? /
Straight arrow to the end? /
Is you love like Venus? /
Head over heals to begin? /
Are you a quarter way over, /
Mars tilted into battle? /
Or are you Uranus, /
Cockeyed like a rattle? /
Jupiter tilts only slightly /
As the mighty often do. /
Saturn, Neptune, and Ol’ Earth /
Bend as if they’ve had a few, /
Hanging out with Mars, /
Swapping stories, one or two. /
All the planets have stories /
And each an angle of repose. /
That includes Pluto, to whom /
Some have turned up their collective nose.
Filed under 2021, Poetry by David E. Booker, solar system
Haiku to you Thursday: “A part apart”
A part apart
Us apart, a part /
of us still locked down because /
of a lack of love.
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Haiku and photo: “Window flower”
Window flower
Peeking through the glass, /
Orchard searches for the sun, /
seeking assurance.
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Haiku and photo: “Shapes”
Shapes
The shapes of nature, /
from spring flowers to raindrops, /
turn time into life.
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Haiku and illustration: “Free floating radicals”
Free floating radicals
The clock floated free; /
the jack, the pawn, and the car /
left their roles behind.
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#haiku #poem #poetry #time #clock #car #tack #pawn #laurenbooker #davidebooker #june #photooftheday #poemoftheday
Filed under 2018, haiku, Photo by Lauren Booker, Poetry by David E. Booker
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